Of course, PornHub rarely gets the kind of media attention those companies receive.

But Reddit is different. The social news site’s pseudonymous nature makes it a popular place for honest discussions about the porn industry. And the site’s live question and answer section, r/IAmA, is often the place where those discussions are played out -- in front of an audience of about a half million subscribers.

The conversations are frank and honest. And they often reveal one very simple truth about the careers in the industry: The work gets boring, it sure can can suck, and watching porn becomes about as exciting as staring at a spreadsheet.

“After working porn for so long, do you ever become desensitised to it?” asked redditor absolutepunt in the thread.

Pornhub collects interesting stats on its viewers using Google Analytics. On Nov. 10, the day Bethesda Games released its latest and greatest installment in the Fallout franchise, Pornhub saw a dip in its traffic of gamers. Pornhub speculates that gamers were too busy playing with their joysticks to, well, you know the rest.